SharePoint Server 2010 Service Pack 1 Announced

This time SharePoint 2010 Products Service Pack includes new functionalities in addition to the regular security updates and hotfixes.

Service Pack 1 includes the following features:

1. Supporting the installation over SQL Server “Denali”.
2. Shallow Copy: Moving the Site Collection between content databases..
3. Site Recycle Bin:I saw this feature in Google Sites before a while and I wished to have the same one in SharePoint, Simply you can restore a deleted site collection/sub sites from a recycle bin.
4. Storage Space Allocation.
5. Cascading Filters in Performance Point Services.
6. IE9 and Google Chrome Support.

SharePoint 2010 Service Packs 1 includes the following Updates:

	SPF 2010	SPS 2010
June 2010	Cumulative Update	KB983497, KB2124512, KB2182938, KB2204024, KB2281364
August 2010	Cumulative Update	Cumulative Update
October 2010	Cumulative Update	Cumulative Update
December 2010	Cumulative Update	Cumulative Update
February 2011	Cumulative Update	Cumulative Update
April 2011	Cumulative Update	Cumulative Update

Of course with the releasing these new features, some PowerShell commands will be released  too such as Move-SPSite, Get-SPDeletedSite, etc..

At the same time June 2011 Cumulative Update for SharePoint Server is released and you can obtain it from here.

Additional Resources:

1. Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog Post.
2. Service Pack 1 for SPF 2010 and SPS 2010 White Paper.
3. June 2011 Cumulative Update for SharePoint Server 2010.
4. SQL Server Code Name “Denali”.